Sea-Doo Seabird Rescue

06/09/2025

One of our rescues and interviews from October 20, 2019. This was Cara's first news interview, and she did a fantastic job!

19/08/2025

What a fantastic rescue! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1771uubfcq/

07/08/2025

Throwback Thursday: When our daughter was just 10 years old, she and her dad pulled off an unforgettable rescue.
We were dispatched for a cormorant attached to wood debris in the water and at imminent risk of drowning. The cormorant had fishing line pinning its wings down, which had to be untangled and cut.
After diligently removing all the line and checking for any hooks, the cormorant was healthy, alert, and ready to be released back into the wild.

07/08/2025

Our rescues from 4-27-2021.

06/08/2025

🌊🦩 Wildlife rescue gone WILD! 🦩🌊
Our daughter — the Pelican Whisperer — jumped into action to save a tangled pelican from fishing line… and got a surprise fishy leg bath in return! 🐟💦
Her trooper spirit (and our uncontrollable giggles) will make YOU grin — because anything can happen out there during wildlife rescue. 😂
From heroic netting skills to unexpected splash zones, these are the unforgettable moments that come with helping wild animals in need. 💙

06/08/2025

Our daughter rescuing Pelicans and a Cormorant entangled in fishing line, featured in some clips from our rescues.

29/07/2025

In 2020, a kind-hearted Good Samaritan alerted us to an abandoned goose found on the loose on New Year's Day, prompting our rescue. Unable to locate the owner, we quickly fell in love with this sweet and quirky bird, whom Cara named Penelope. She followed us everywhere, enjoyed car rides, and used a puppy pad to sit beside us in the house, clearly having been someone's pet before.

Although we wanted to keep her, we realized that she needed a larger space with a lake or pond where she could freely make all the noise she wanted—HONK HONK—without disturbing the neighbors. After searching for the perfect home, we rehomed her with First Ladies Farm and Sanctuary, which has this beautiful pond with other waterfowl. We urge everyone to be mindful before acquiring an animal on impulse. Many pets, including pocket pets, rabbits, chickens, ducks, ferrets, turtles, snakes, birds, dogs, and cats, are abandoned when the novelty wears off or the care becomes too challenging. Please educate yourself and commit to a lifelong responsibility for your pet. If you can no longer care for your animal, don’t release it; take it to the Humane Society, SPCA, or find it a good home as we did. Thank you for being a responsible pet owner!

26/07/2025

One of our rescues four years ago.

26/07/2025

Our daughter, the Pelican Whisperer, who turned 18 last month, is starting her dream job working with animals today. This is her second job, as she has been working since she was 16. Wish her luck—she’s beyond excited!

01/03/2025

Five years ago, our daughter rescued this Pelican.

16/10/2024

Fantastic rescue by good Samaritans and the quick action by a local wildlife rescue organization as well as the others involved in getting these two cormorants back on their feet. Bravo! Hopefully Seaside Seabird Sanctuary gets all the funding they need to quickly rebuild. Please check out their website and see how you can donate to help them rebuild. Sea-Doo Seabird Rescue uses Seadide Seabird Sanctuary for our Pelicans rescues. Local Animal rescuers need this wildlife hospital and sanctuary back ASAP. Please share and donate if you can.https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/florida-seabirds-nearly-buried-alive-by-storm-surge-rescued-by-good-samaritans?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0CDp5iYMvn6FH7J37UBwBAm4Akw1bYdugkiYBC0V87y4DB_TiAPA8c9Zk_aem_X5q4nEJpN4gr0xeHG7mRsA

Florida seabirds were found dehydrated and starving, buried neck-deep in sand from Hurricane Milton's storm surge.

15/06/2024

For over two years I have been working on saving turtles and alligators from a poorly designed Weir at the Jungle Lake in Walter Fuller Park. I documented turtles, alligators, and even fish flowing into this weir. The problem is once the turtles, and gators were in the weir they were trapped and would find their way through the tunneling system, I refer to this tunneling system as a mass graveyard. It's miles to the salt water of Boca Ciega Bay outfall. I had several people monitor the weir for me so they could call me to rescue trapped turtles. Sometimes we would get out there too late and the turtle would have already crawled into the tunneling system. We did manage to save quite a few, but I'm happy to report that will be no longer the case as with my persistence the city has finally installed the fabricated ramp. I told them it would need to be strong and wide enough for the gators as well. The ramp bolts on the side of the structure, and has a lip on both sides to help prevent the wildlife from falling off the side. The install crew was there yesterday. They will also be adjusting the grate on top. The ramp was constructed to be a bit stronger to allow heavier animals to hop on and is about 12" wide. So after over two years and a death toll of hundreds over the years, it is done. I was ignored for two years by the city but I didn't give up! I finally reached out to the new stormwater operations/ Lake manager who had previously helped me remedy another animal/environmental concern at a local pond. Michael Perry was very proactive with both issues after bringing them to his attention. I'm praying the trapped wildlife will use it. Thank you to all who helped me monitor this weir so that we could help the turtles when they became trapped and to the others who worked with us to rescue them all these years. Now on to my next mission, Stay tuned!